Hey, it's Merikatori again :D I'm sorry for taking a little long to update again. I'm still having my Lunar New Year holiday, me and my friends just keep partying and going out and I was so tired at the end of the day to write something :( Gomenasai :(

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Chapter 5 - Tell me

[3 days before present]

"Aw c'mon Sting, you're still mad? It's been three days already, I thought we'd already over it." - Lucy complained.

Sting glared at her coldly but she just looked away nonchalantly.

"You embarrassed me in front of the whole town."

Lucy scoffed.

"Oh please, it was 7 in the morning. Not many people… saw… you." - She was about to laugh again but knew that it would only make the situation worse so she bit her lips to restrain herself. Sting tried to calm himself down before he rushed at her and strangled the blonde. He turned away, didn't bother to retort.

Last Sunday, when they had finished their breakfast at a small restaurant on their way to Fiore, Sting finally found out the reason why people looked at him weirdly when they passed by. And it went without saying, he felt extremely piss at Lucy that he had been mad at the blonde for three days.

[Flash back]

"There are mirrors in the male restroom, right Rogue?" - Lucy tilted her head. Rogue chuckled, then nodded. She clasped her hands and gave him a look that said "Can we please get out of here now?" - He raised an eyebrow, but pleased her anyway.

Rogue put his money on the table and Lucy quickly dragged him out of there before Sting came back. He actually didn't care what Sting was gonna do when he found out, it was not like he scared of him or something. It's just... because Lucy wanted to. Yeah... he was smitten like that. If Lucy wanted something, she just needed to tell him and he would get it for her, just to please her.

This girl would be the death of me someday. He smiled a little at that thought.

Three… two… one…. Lucy counted in her head when they ran out of there.

"LUCYYYYYYY!" Sting's screaming could be heard from mile away from the restaurant. She busted out laughing and Rogue snickered.

He went to the restroom when they had finished their Choshoku* and stared at the mirror with horror on his face. Black spots, blue spots, red spots were presented all over his face, there was a big "JERK" in block letters on his forehead, two circles around his eyes with line segment to make it looked like eyelashes, hearts shapes on either his cheek, weird moustache and some other shapes that he couldn't understand.

Eyes still widened, he used his index finger to wipe his face, his mouth was now equal the size of a saucer. Biro ink? Yeah, that's why it didn't fade when he just washed his face cursorily this morning... without looking at the mirror, courtesy from Rogue. Someone on the street or in the restaurant would have told him if they hadn't see Lucy put her index finger on her lips and smiled allusively.

Images and memories flashed through his mind, the mirror, Lucy's on his bed, Rogue, those stares and snickers he received from the waitresses and customers… He went pale and screamed her name. Sting quickly slammed the door open, people turned their attention to him and snickered or giggled again, but he ignored them. His eyes searching for two devils, but they're nowhere to be found. He rushed out of the restaurant and ran after Lucy.

Oh you don't know what you've just got yourself into, my dear Luce.

"LUCY GET BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE BRAT. STOP HER ROGUE!" - He yelled, then accelerated. He perhaps could beat Usain Bolt at that very moment.

Lucy let go of Rogue arm when she realized Sting was only after her and turned around the corner, rushing along the street. She headed to the riverside, laughing all the way there.

Big mistake Luce. Revenge will be mine. Sting thought and grinned deviously, he was faster than her that was for sure. He extended his arm to grab her collar but she suddenly stooped down to avoid his grasp.

Sorry but I know you too well.

His arm swung to the left and grabbed her waist.

"Nice try, nerd. But you're not going anywhere." - He swung her over his shoulder, making her squeak but she was still laughing.

"Put me down Sting, I'm wearing a skirt." - She yelled and punched his back. It didn't hurt one bit, more like someone was scratching his back.

"Sorry, don't care." - He snickered and walked to the riverside. She immediately got what he's planning and her laugh died down. He halted at the end of the plank that jutted out from the bank. She gulped and said quietly.

"Sting, put me down, now. Sting, don't you dare…" - Her threat was cut off when she fell flop into the river.

Lucy resurfaced and gasped. She stared at Sting, he was laughing like crazy and a vein popped on her forehead.

"IT'S FUCKING COLD DOWN HERE, YOU ASS!" - She screamed at him.

"Yeah, serves you right." – Sting said loudly then got back to laugh. - "Hey Luce, what's ya doing down there? Looking for some fellow-fishes."

"Yeah right, at least I'm not the one who wore a dirty face with ink and paraded the town." - He shut up immediately and she smirked. She got out of the water and moved to stand in front of him, they were having a glaring contest when Rogue showed up and cleared his throat.

"Have you two idiots done glaring at each other, I wanna go home." - Lucy stuck her tongue out at Sting and followed Rogue, holding her head high.

He glared at her back but soon followed, didn't bother to wash his face first.

[End of Flash back]

Sting (almost) hadn't talked to her for three days. Although he was the person at fault at first, but she didn't have to embarrass him in front of so many people like that. His pride was seriously injured by her and before he was over it, he (almost) wouldn't talk to her. At first, Lucy didn't bother to apologize, saying that he deserved it for breaking his promise, but it had been three days already and he still ignored her. He didn't react to her tease and only sometimes answered her questions curtly.

Lucy, Rogue were sitting on the rooftop on lunch break while Sting was leaning against the rail, looking down the school yard, his face void of any emotion. Rogue was eating his bento slowly, he contributed to Lucy's prank too, but Sting seemed only irritated at her. It was because Sting knew once Lucy wanted something, Rogue could never say no to her, so... that made him guiltless. Rogue didn't bother to interfere their tension, he just let them resolve it themselves. That's what friends do, they argue then make up then argue and make up again. Simple.

Lucy stared at Sting, her lips pouted. She was getting really nervous and uncomfortable, a little bit guilty. Maybe I overdid it, he had promised he would make it up to me after all. He had never mad at me beyond half a day before. I never thought it would turn out this bad.

"Sting I'm sorry, okay? It's just for a little fun, you don't have to over-react like that." - Well... Sting didn't budge a muscle. Lucy sighed.

"Fine, just keep sulking like a baby and see if I care, idiot Sting."

She turned around and walked away. She lied. Lucy actually cared, but Sting wouldn't accept her apology like that so she would have to wait then do that again.

Rogue glanced at her for a moment then turned back to look at Sting.

"It's just a prank Sting, you don't have to be so harsh like that." - Sting glanced at him.

"I know, I don't take offense because of that, she did it all the time when we were kids."

Rogue quirked an eyebrow.

"I just want her to apologize appropriately, she can't get away with everything all the time just because we indulge her too much."

Lucy was not a spoiled princess even though she came from Heartfilia family, but when they were kids, she played pranks on them all the time, mostly on Sting and usually got away with it, because she had the magical puppy dog eyes and cute pouted lips. Sting couldn't be mad at her more than a day when she just kept following him around and courting fondling from him. But things were different now, they'd grown up, she had to aware that sometimes her pranks could hurt people physically... or mentally. What if the person she played her prank on was not Sting but was someone who was easily got wounded, that was what Sting thought or… convinced himself to think so.

"I still didn't see any different, she played a prank on you, so what? She did that to someone she was close, not everyone. You're still mad at her just because it's been 3 days, but every morning when you walked to school, people just kept snickering or grinning at you when you passed by, that made you feel embarrassing to no end, the high and mighty Sting can't accept that. So in short, that's just your excuses."

Sting sweatdropped and glared at his friend. He's about to retort back but Rogue gave him a I-know-you-too-well look, making him speechless. He grunted and looked away then mumbled.

"Whatever."

Lucy stormed off the rooftop and headed back to her class. She hated it when people was mad at her. He didn't make that big deal when we were kids. She grumbled. Lucy was busy glaring at the ground that she didn't pay attention to where she was going till she bumped into someone. It was a girl.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" - She quickly said then bent down to help the girl to pick up her book.

"That's okay, I didn't pay attention either." - Yukino answered then looked at the girl. That… girl. She recognized the blonde immediately, how could she forget. She was thinking about how she could get closer to Sting when she collided with someone. Maybe that was her chance to find out more about Sting as well as this girl. Rogue told her that she was their childhood friend, but she wanted more information than that.

[Flashback]

It was a windy afternoon when Yukino went to the grocery store to buy some vegetable when she ran into Rogue. He was picking out some cereals, she looked around to find someone but didn't see Sting anywhere. That's good.

She immediately approached him to say hi.

"Hey Rogue, I didn't expect to see you here, what are you doing?" - She smiled and tried to start a casual conversation, but Rogue could actually "smell" her nervous from miles away.

"What do you want?" - He said tersely, didn't bother to answer her question. He didn't even look at her when he'd already recognized her voice.

Why did he have to be so rude all the time like that? He looked different when I saw him with that girl. She frowned slightly but smiled again.

"Nothing, I just want to say hi." - She laughed nervously.

Rogue still didn't look at her, he picked 2 box of cereals, putting it in his handcart then walked away. Yukino soon followed him.

"Every time you approach me and start a conversation, it is your way to start your questions about my friend, so stop beating around the bush and come to the point." - Rogue deadpanned.

He made her gulp nervously, but he'd already known her purpose so no need to be wordy.

"Right. Sooo… Can I ask you something about… the girl who…"

"Blondie?" - Rogue didn't wait for her to finish.

"Ye…yeah" - She stuttered. Rogue glanced at her.

"Seems like you guys are really close. I've never seen her before, is she the new student?"

"Yes, she's our childhood friend, she'd moved to America for 2 years but came back a few weeks ago. We've known one another for almost 10 years."

Yukino nodded, her mouth made an O shape. So she's not Sting's girlfriend.

"So…uhm… Does Sting... have any... special relationship with her or something... " - That… was her delicate way to ask him "Does Sting like her?" - Rogue inwardly scoffed. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"What kind of question is that? I just said she's our childhood friend, his childhood friend and as far as I can see, you and the whole school have already known how close they are, isn't that enough special for you?" - Yukino gulped and looked at the ground.

"That's not what I mean." - She frowned.

"I know what you mean, but let me tell you something, that's Sting's business, not mine. Don't take me for a gossiper and come ask me anything just because you want to. Go ask him yourself or just see for yourself." - He paid the bill then walked away, leaving her speechless. She groaned then mumbled.

"I just asked you a question, you don't have to be so rude like that."

[End of flashback]

She put on her best smile then extended her hand at Lucy.

"Hi, I'm Yukino Aguria from S1, nice to meet you, you're the new student right?"

Lucy smiled back at her.

"Nice to meet you too, I'm Lucy Hea… I mean Lucy Love, from F1."

Yukino's eyes widened. Lucy Love, the first–rate student since the quality exam. A… Fairy. Yeah right, like the badge on her sweater wasn't obviously enough for you, Yuki.

Lucy looked at her quizzically.

"Yukino, are you alright?" - She said.

"Yeah… I'm... I'm fine." - Yukino snapped out of her thought, she smiled.

"I'm just a little surprise, your marks in quality exam was really impressive." - Lucy laughed lightly and scratched her head - "Thanks."

"So… you're childhood friend of Rogue and Sting? I've seen you guys quite frequently."

"Yeah, how do you know? Oh, you're from their class, right?" - Yukino nodded then answered her.

"Rogue told me so. Although… he was… kinda harsh when I asked him." - She mumbled.

Lucy stared at her. Harsh? Rogue? Huhmm… Yeah …He could be really harsh and rude sometimes, it's been a long time since I last saw him like that.

To her, Rogue was always tender and sweet, he never said something bad to her or spoke loudly to her.

"Well, he's like that to everyone but he's really nice and sweet when you get to know him." - Lucy smiled while Yukino made a face.

"I never really thought "Rogue", "nice" and "sweet" could be in the same sentence."

That made Lucy giggled - "No, I mean it, he's really nice, just try to get to know him."

Yukino just nodded. Not when he doesn't like it. She thought, she was about to ask Lucy about Sting and her, but was cut off by the bell.

"Well, nice to meet you, it's like chit-chat has to wait for another time." - She waved at Lucy and walked back to her class. Lucy waved back and smiled.

She's really nice, I have to tell Erza and Gray about her, not everyone in Sabertooth are bad or dangerous like they said.

Yes, she had heard that Sabertooth and Fairy Tail were some kind of rivals, some of her friends also said that she shouldn't be friend with Sting and Rogue. Lucy told them that they're her childhood friends and she found that the reason why a Fairy and a Tiger couldn't be friends was totally stupid. She shook her head slightly then got back to her classroom.

[After class]

"Don't you think Tenrou Island is a little small for Fiore Academy to have an extracurricular trip?" - Gray asked, his arms behind his head.

Gildart sensei had announced that senior high schoolers of Fiore would have a periodic extracurricular trip to Tenrou Island, Shiren Island and Mcgore Island, and everybody was really excited about this.

"Were you even listening to him? Not the whole Fiore will be there, we'll split up. Fairy Tail and Sabertooth will go to Tenrou while Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel will go to Shiren, and regular students will be at Mcgore" - Lucy said and Erza nodded in approval.

The sun was setting down, people had already gone home or to their dorms, and because they were on duty so the three of them were the only ones left on the campus… or so they thought.

"Hey is that Rogue?" - Gray squinted at a boy with raven hair and…- "A girl?" - Lucy knitted her eyebrows to take a better look.

"Yeah, it's Rogue, what's he doing?" - She asked, more to herself than her friends.

"You wanna talk to him or let him be?" - Erza looked at Lucy, she thought for a moment then nodded.

"You guys go first, I'll see you tomorrow." - She smiled

"Okay, bye, be careful." - She waved to her friends and they nodded back.

She ran up to Rogue, but halted when she realized the girl was crying. Rogue is making a girl cry?

"What the…?" - Her eyes widened, still trying to figure out what was happening when Rogue caught her eyes. He immediately walked pass the girl, not even spared her another glance, and moved toward Lucy, dragging her away. Lucy looked back at the girl and blinked at him, then frowned.

"Rogue? What did you do? Why is she crying?" - She looked back at the girl again, she didn't like seeing other people cry. Rogue let go of her arm to hold her wrist, not answering her question.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at home an hour ago? - He asked back

"I stay at the dorm, you know. Rogue, answer me, what did you do?" - She glared at him, but he ignored it again.

"I didn't do anything, I just sent her Sting's message."

Lucy's face scrunched in confusion.

"What message?"

"Sting doesn't want to date her anymore."

"WHAT?" - Her jaw dropped.

"He doesn't want to date her anymore so he told you to send her a message? What are you? His hireling or something?" - She frowned harder.

"Something like that." - He deadpanned

Lucy sweatdropped then facepalmed.

"Why didn't he do it by himself?"

"He didn't like seeing girls cry so we made a deal. I'll tell them what he wanted me to tell them, and he'll do all the household choir for 2 days straight, even cooking." - Lucy stared at him blankly, then sighed and shook her head at him in disapproval.

"Well at least you should have comforted her a little bit, not just walked away coldly like that. I didn't hear your conversation with her, but I could guess that your emotionless face when you told her that you have a message from Sting, was enough to make her cry endlessly."

Rogue wanted to chuckle at that, but he knew Lucy was serious so he only shrugged.

Lucy waited for him to respond but didn't get any. She wondered how many girls had got broken hearts because of Sting. She suddenly felt…afraid. She didn't know why but that info gave her an insecure feeling. She didn't like that feeling, not–one–bit. And in the wink of an eye, she swore that she saw herself standing in front of Rogue, hearing him saying that she was out of Sting's interesting list. Lucy inwardly slapped her face.

What the hell was I thinking? We're friends, best friends, childhood friends, he would never do that to me... would he?

She shook her head to clear her thought, then looked back at Rogue and raised an eyebrow.

"You should stop doing that for him, you know. That's his own mess and he should resolve it himself, he still have to study, so stop that deal."

Rogue looked at her and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it immediately. He looked back at the street, thinking about something then nodded.

[Present]

Lucy walked across the school yard, deep in thought. Erza was saying something to Gray and he shriveled up in fear, Levi and Gajeel had joint them a moment ago, they were laughing with each other. Lucy didn't hear anything, just staring into space like that but then caught a glimpse of brown.

She's still crying.

The girl she comforted on the rooftop was still crying, she sat under the sakura tree – Lucy's favorite place, her friends surrounded her and when they spotted Lucy, they glared at her fiercely. Lucy just looked at the girl with her soft eyes. They had every right to be mad at her. She was Sting's best friend and the one who indirectly broke their friend's heart.

Yes, people had already known that she's Sting childhood friend (along with Rogue). She didn't know how, last day they were mumbling to one another about something sounded like love triangle, love potion, arranged marry, slut, pregnant …etc … And the moments later, they looked at them with admirable eyes and mumbling something about best friend forever, eternally friendship…etc.

Whatever. She inwardly rolled her eyes.

A few days ago, she told Rogue to stop doing that (broke up with those girl on behalf of Sting), and he should have told them himself. But she didn't expect that she was the one who replaced Rogue, breaking girls' hearts because of Sting.

Sting was still mad at her back then so he wanted her to make it up to him by doing Rogue's job when Rogue listened to her advice (more like command). She didn't want to do that and said that she didn't care whether he's still mad at her or not, but… agreed gradually because she wanted to be there to comfort those girls, she felt sorry for them when they decided to involve their love lifes with Sting. And Rogue's expressionless face as well as Sting's caddish face would make the situation only worse.

At first, she didn't think much about that, she knew that it was only natural when people cried or hurt because their relationship didn't work out. People dated then broke up, dated then broke up and the circle would never end until they found their true soul-mate, not that everyone could find their true love at their first try. When this door led to happiness was closed... you would just have to find another one.

But that was when they were truly in a relationship, when two people actually love each other. The girls? They maybe love him, like him, whatever but... Sting? Absolutely not. That was so wrong in Lucy's opinion.

He's never cared about girls before. I saw them fancied him in junior high school, but he didn't care and he didn't date them just to broke up with them a few days later.

Lucy was more mature than she looked, she understood how hurt it was to have a broken heart, not that she got one before. Sting and Rogue were very protective of her (not including Erza and Gray) and if they didn't approve any of those guys that she mentioned, those guys would never got a chance with her (and vice versa).

Anyway, perhaps I should talk to him about this.

[Later, at Sting's house]

"Lucy? Is something wrong? You're quiet than usual." – Rogue asked, he stroked her cheek tenderly with the back of his hand.

She had sent them a message that she wanted to have dinner at their house so here they were, sitting on the same table, same room, same house, and having the same dinner, but Rogue could feel that she had something else on her mind. Both Sting and her were. She smiled at him a little and shook her head.

"I'm fine Rogue, just thinking." - She glanced at Sting and Rogue caught that. Sting was busy eating like a pig to even notice her and Rogue, but Rogue could see through him. His mind was somewhere else too. He wouldn't let Lucy out of his sight when she was around, and the fact that he didn't notice Lucy's thoughtless look or her unusual quiet proved that he was also having some mentally trouble.

"I'll go buy some tea, you guys go eat first." - He patted Lucy's head and left. Lucy knew that was his way to let her have some private moment with Sting and she appreciated that. Rogue always knew what she wanted and needed. Not like someone else. She inwardly scoffed.

She started when she heard Rogue closed the door.

"You should stop doing that Sting." - Lucy said quietly, she knew that he knew what exactly she was talking about.

"You never had the problem with me eating like this before." - Sting said innocently.

Yes, he knew that she was mad at him because he made her his rescuer when he needed to break up with some girls. Sting dated… a bunch of girls at a same time so when he told her to send his messages to those girls, it was actually too many that Lucy thought that she'd done this a hundred times before. She glared at him, but he didn't look at her in the eyes.

"Don't play dumb with me, you know that's not what I'm talking about."

"Then what? What are you talking about? I don't know what's you're talking about." - Sting continued to beat around the bush, he didn't know why but he got a bad feeling about this conversation. Lucy bid her bottom lips and narrowed her eyes, she clenched and unclenched her fists, trying to calm down.

"I'm talking about those girls whom you just kept breaking up with after a few dates." - She gritted her teeth.

"It's funny when you said that because you're the one who told them so..."

He chuckled, trying to lighten up the mood but to no avail, that… actually made the situation worse. Lucy was serious but his unconcerned attitude was getting on her nerves. Lucy slammed her hand down on the table and glared at him. Sting shut up immediately, but gave her an uninteresting look.

"You think this is funny? What are trying to prove, Sting? That's you're the biggest playboy in Fiore, and you can have every the single girl that you want, whenever and wherever you are because nobody can resist your charm? Toying with other people's feeling is not something that you should be proud of."

Sting didn't answer that and they were having a staring contest. He was being torn between keep his mouth shut and tell her why he just kept dating then breaking up. He said firmly but kept his eyes contact with her.

"I am not the one who proud of something like that, Lucy." - His jaw clenched.

"Do I really look like some kind of scum, jerk or asshole, whatever the hell it is to you that you must think of me like that." - He gave Lucy a stern look but she didn't back off.

"You look at those girls, all tears and sobbing and whining then you jumped to the conclusion that I was a jerk, I thought you know me better than that."

Lucy dragged a half–smile out of her lips, her tone full of sarcasm - "Well then, please, enlighten me, Sting Eucliffe."

He sighed, maybe it wouldn't hurt if he just gave her a little info, so he took a deep breath.

"The reason why I just kept dating and breaking up with them is because…. I'm trying to find the one... who could make me feel the same way as… she… makes… me…feel." - He hesitated, Lucy was a smart girl, that's why he didn't want to tell her. She could put two with two then his feeling could be exposed sooner or later.

Lucy didn't say anything. She unconsciously gulped, her lips parted and her eyes darkened, she looked at the ground. That means…

Out of the corner of his eyes, Sting noticed her reaction and he was panicking inside, but tried to keep calm outside.

"So… That's because of one girl?" - Her voice barely audible. - "Who?" - She looked back at him, keeping her face emotionless.

Sting inwardly sighed in relief. In a moment he thought that she had found out something, he said nonchalantly.

"I can't tell you." - Lucy frowned.

"Why?"

"I just can't."

He looked away. Sting tried to ignored her dead glare, if look could kill then he would be playing with crickets in a hole right that moment.

Lucy thought for a moment then realization hit her, her eyes widened.

"She rejected you?"

Now that was his eyes turn to widened. He made a face, but she ignored it.

"Wow, now I really must know what her name is, there is someone in Fiore actually could say no to you when you're the one who make a move?" - She smacked her tongue and shook her head - "Impressive" - She mocked.

Sting put on a scowl and gritted his teeth.

"She did not reject me. She actually doesn't know about my feeling, okay?"

She frowned again. - "Why?" - The Sting she knew would make a move when he really liked something.

"Because…" - He sighed again and grabbed his hair - "…I'm not good enough for her." - He threw his hands in the air and leaned back against the chair - "She deserved someone better than me, I'm not pure like her, I'm not innocent like her, I'll taint her with my sin if we-"

"What sin?" - Lucy cut him short when she heard that word. The word 'sin' was something really serious and could not be taken lightly. Sting could commit a sin and she didn't know about that?

"What sin?"

She was getting more and more irritated by the second. She had ton of questions in her mind and no answers Sting gave her could have satisfied her so far.

"Sting, what sin?" - She asked again the third time, more determined when he didn't answer and just looked away.

"I can't tell you that."

"We're friends Sting, we promised that there is no secret between us, remember? Tell me Sting." She said calmly but there was a storm inside of her right now.

"I-can't-tell-you." - Sting gritted his teeth, didn't Lucy ever learn to give it up?

That was the last straw... for both of them

"ANSWER ME STING, WHAT SIN?" - She yelled at him.

He slammed his hands down on the table, standing up and shouting back - "THAT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS. THAT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT. EVEN FRIENDS HAVE BOUNDARIES AND WHEN I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THEN I WON'T, ADAPT IT. KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS, HEARTFILIA."

Her eyes widened and she was speechless, she was not the only one who was aggravating. Did he… really just say that? She stared at him blankly, didn't know how to respond, his back was facing her. She closed her mouth and took a deep breath. She then nodded and said quietly, her voice broken.

"You're right, that's your business and I have no right to ask. Even best friends, childhood friends or whatever the fuck we are, still have boundaries. Sorry if I unintentionally crossed that line just because I care about you."

Sting turned around to look at her and regretted it immediately, her eyes were glistening with water, her cheeks were red and her fists were clenched, he shut his eyes. It pained him to see her like that and it pained him more because he was the reason why she looked like that.

"Luce… I…" - He moved to hug her but she quickly grabbed her jacket and ran out of the door, Sting ran after her but was greeted by Rogue's arm.

"Stay, I'll go after her." - Rogue didn't wait for him to respond and just liked a flash, he rushed along, trying to catch up with Lucy. Sting torn his hair and punched the wall repeatedly.

"DAMN IT".

End of chapter 5

Choshoku is the usual breakfast in Japan, including rice, raw chicken egg or toss in seaweed Nori and Miso soup.

Shiren, Mcgore: Yeah I made that up :D :D

I want to revolve their problem in one chapter but it's actually kinda long already (_._!) These new chapters just getting longer and longer :D

I hoped it's good enough :D Read and review please, tell me what you think :D

And thank you again XD Have a good night/day XD I'll see you soon.